English Fantail Pigeons from Portraits of Egypt’s Fancy Pigeons.

A couple of English Fantails pigeons. Charles Darwin kept English Fantails in his pigeon loft and used them as examples in the first chapter of "On The Origin Of Species." They are bred in more than fifty colors and marking patterns.

A couple of English Fantails pigeons. Charles Darwin kept English Fantails in his pigeon loft and used them as examples in the first chapter of “On The Origin Of Species.” They are bred in more than fifty colors and marking patterns.